

TB also supports instant messaging and chat using IRC, XMPP, Twitter, (Yahoo-Messenger, Skype, Facebook, etc 1), it can also function as News Client, Feed Reader, etc.
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But it supports only basic features: text chat. TB has builtin 1 ability/feat to connect with Google-Talk 1/Google-Hangouts 1 text messaging web-service (aka: network). SOLUTION (for Catalina & Mojave users) is, use THUNDERBIRD. Simple & trustworthy, and more uptodate, and more devs supported, and more user supported, etc based TB (since v?) has began to include GPG 1 tool, and from TB v78 (for Windows/Linux/Unix, & different version ? on macOS) it transitioned to use builtin OpenPGP 1, 2, 3, so separate GPG/PGP tool not needed anymore), so user/you can send+receive digitally signed and/or encrypted emails with it, for free. Thunderbird 1, 2 (TB) is a better alternative choice for some of those missing options. (See detail instruction & goto bottom side for more info, if you have time)ĮXTRA INFO, PLEASE SKIP READING BELOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME :Īpple has removed many other supports from many other Apple apps, and if you were depended on those, then

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The XDA post goes into great detail on how to configure the API and install Google Assistant from within your computer’s command line, but for more visual learners, this step-by-step instructional video (below) should hopefully make things a little easier, especially since you’ll be working entirely from within the command line throughout this process.Īll of the commands used in the video are listed in order below. Keep reading to find out how you can install it as well… Thanks to this extensive post by Mishaal Rahman on XDA Developers, many enthusiasts, including myself, have gotten it up and running on Mac, Windows, and Linux computers. It’s been rolling out to Android Nougat devices over the past few months, and to put it into even more users’ hands Google has recently released the Google Assistant SDK. Among other things, I use Assistant to turn on my music, change the brightness or colors of my LIFX connected lightbulbs, add items to a grocery list, ask random trivia questions, and more, all using just my voice. Google Assistant is a powerful voice assistant platform that I personally use every day on my phone and my Google Home.
